Multi-catheter flexible robotic system

US Patent 12,011,246, 2024

Aaron Gunn, Philip Weissbrod, Michael Yip

Publisher Link: http://patents.google.com/patent/US20230098189A1/en

Abstract: A multicatheter subsystem is provided for a steerable catheter robotic system. The subsystem includes a flexible output sheath, a plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies and a plurality of robotic instruments for performing a surgical procedure. The plurality of flexible multi-lumen assemblies extends through the outer sheath. Each of the multi-lumen assemblies has a proximal end and a distal end. Each of the robotic instruments is operatively and removably attachable to the distal end of one of the multi-lumen assemblies such that each instrument is teleoperable independently of every other robotic instrument. At least a first of the robotic instruments includes a plurality of interconnected articulating segments. Each of the articulating segments is operatively and removably attachable to a different one of the multi-lumen assemblies.

Gunn et al. (2024) Multi-catheter flexible robotic system, US Patent 12,011,246.